New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI) UNESCO will air series of radio
programmes to evoke sympathy amongst urban dwellers towards
migrants, starting tomorrow on the International Labour Day.

"Khanabadhoshon Ki Duniya" (A World of Migrants) is a
series of 10 radio programmes -- 3-4 minutes each -- produced
by UNESCO featuring several real-life situations involving
migrants and the challenges they face in accessing their
rights and entitlements.

The first radio programme will be aired tomorrow on three
channels of All India Radio -- FM Gold, FM Rainbow and MW
Indraprastha.

The complete series will be broadcast over a period of 4
weeks, on weekdays, twice a day, from May 1 till May 26.

The radio programmes will highlight unique
characteristics of migrants in the cities, like their work
as agents of development, upholders of cultural diversity,
contributors to skill diversity, symbols of new aspirations
and migrant working woman.

"The approach adopted is to evoke empathy amongst urban
dwellers by focusing on similarities between migrants from
rural areas and residents from urban areas," UNESCO said in a
release.

The series will focus on sharing the experience and
contributions of migrants to the cities they migrate to and
thereby disrupt the homogeneous image, it added.

"We wish to draw attention to the brave choices migrants
make and encourage city dwellers to ensure that migrants feel
part of a city which is welcoming, inclusive and recognises
migrants entitlement to a dignified life," said Marina
Faetanini, the section's chief and programme specialist,
social and human sciences, UNESCO (New Delhi).